If the energy released from plutonium-239 is 2.71530 x 10-11 J/nucleon, how much energy (in J) will be released from the fission of the critical mass of plutonium-239. The relatively small critical mass of plutonium-239 is 11 kg? 7.5 x 1014 J 1.8 x 1017 J 7.5 x 1011 J 5.2 X10-⁹ J 1.8 x 1014 J

If the energy released from plutonium-239 is 2.71530 x 10-11 J/nucleon, how much energy (in J) will be released from the fission of the critical mass of plutonium-239. The relatively small critical mass of plutonium-239 is 11 kg? 7.5 x 1014 J 1.8 x 1017 J 7.5 x 1011 J 5.2 X10-⁹ J 1.8 x 1014 J

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If the energy released from plutonium-239 is 2.71530 x 10-11 J/nucleon, how much energy (in J) will be released from the fission of the critical mass of plutonium-239. The
relatively small critical mass of plutonium-239 is 11 kg?
7.5 x 1014 J
1.8 x 1017 J
7.5 x 1011 J
5.2x10-⁹ J
1.8 x 1014 J

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